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Police in the North East Region last Sunday shot and killed a suspected armed robber and arrested three others in an alleged attempted robbery incident on the Gushegu/Gbintiri road in the East Mamprusi Municipality.

The deceased, whose name was only given as Mahamadu, was said to have been shot when he and his accomplices who were suspected to be on their way for a robbery operation engaged the police in an exchange of gunshots.

The three other suspects identified as Amadu Sumana, Hamidu Issaka, and Musah Alima, who sustained gunshot wounds, are receiving treatment at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu while the body has been deposited at the same facility.

The police also retrieved a single barrel shotgun, a locally manufactured Sten gun, 17 pistol ammunition in a magazine, 10 AAA cartridges, a rope, a hood, three mobile phones, two hats, three packets of royal cigarettes and a face mask from the robbers.

Tip-off

Briefing the Daily Graphic, the North East Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Charles Domanban, said on Sunday, April 19, at about 2 p.m, the police received information that the suspected robbers who were armed with weapons were preparing to attack traders from their hideout at Kukpo, a village near Gbintiri.

The police, upon the tip-off, swiftly dispatched personnel to the scene, and on reaching there, the suspects opened fire on the police personnel who also returned fire and managed to overpower them, killing one of the robbers instantly.

Traders attacked

DCOP Domanban indicated that the suspects were reported to have, earlier last Saturday, attacked some traders who were returning from Gbandabila Market at gunpoint and took their personal belongings.

The police on receipt of that information, proceeded to the scene but the suspects had absconded.

Upon a tip-off that the suspects were at their hideout preparing for another robbery on the Gushegu Gbintiri road, the police proceeded to the hideout, and on their arrival, the suspects opened fire on the police officers who also fired back. It was during this exchange that Mahamadu was killed and the other suspects, overpowered, DCOP Domanban stated.

He added that the suspects were assisting the police with investigation and would be arraigned within the week.